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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I understand why you're concerned and trying to understand. Ignore the crazies who are giving you a hard time.

Sadly, I think it happens a lot that a parent will have a favorite child, and will treat that child's children as favorites too.

My mother treated me badly, and my brother was her favorite. His kids are her favorite grandkids, and while she mellowed a little, she still picked out one of my kids to dislike and treat badly, as she'd treated me.

My husband's mom was extremely abusive to him and favored her other children. She doesn't want anything to do with our kids, even though they're her only grandchildren. She favors her niece's kids.

Give the grandparents a chance, but if they don't treat your kids well, limit their time with them. And understand that your husband has accepted how his parent is, and has lived with it his whole life.

Do NOT accept your parent's judgment and negative definition of you, though, if this is your dynamic. They have their own issues and it's not you that's the problem. You won't change their minds, but you can redefine yourself.[/quote]

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